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20th Oct 2021

Hexcel Corporation recently hosted public officials, customers and local contractors at its manufacturing site in Utah as the company broke ground on a flagship Centre of Research & Technology (R&T) Excellence. The advanced composites company’s new centre of excellence will support next-generation developments in advanced composites technologies.

20th Oct 2021

RadiciGroup's nonwoven innovations are on display at the Index trade fair, in stand 2629. The leading trade show for nonwovens is currently underway in Geneva, Switzerland. RadiciGroup is one of the world’s leading producers of a wide range of chemical intermediates, polyamide polymers, engineering plastics, synthetic fibres and nonwovens.

20th Oct 2021

Beaulieu Fibres, the leading European polyolefin and BICO fibre supplier, is showcasing its products at Index 2021 at stand 1340. The company, based in Belgium, is accelerating its work in helping customers to exceed in product performance and sustainability. The world’s leading nonwovens event is being held from October 19-22, 2021, at Palexpo, in...

20th Oct 2021

Polyester fibre specialist, Trevira from Bobingen, is presenting its comprehensive programme of products for the wide range of sustainable technologies and customised applications in the nonwoven sector at INDEX 2021. INDEX 2021 is the world’s leading nonwovens expo which is being held from October 19-21, 2021, at Palexpo, in Geneva, Switzerland.

20th Oct 2021

International technology group Andritz has received an order from Albaad Massuot Yitzhak Ltd, one of the world’s three largest wet wipe manufacturers, to supply a neXline wetlace hybrid line for their Dimona facilities, Israel. The line will produce a wide variety of pulp-based wet wipes and is scheduled for start-up during the third quarter of 2023.

20th Oct 2021

Ensinger is expanding its portfolio in the field of thermoplastic composite materials. A double-belt press (DBP) has been put into operation at its production site in Cham. The system enables a wide variety of fibre-reinforced thermoplastic composites to be manufactured efficiently. The German firm manufactures engineering and high-performance...

19th Oct 2021

A new class of temperature sensors is rapidly emerging that offers spatial resolution together with a thin-film format, according to a recent research by IDTechEx. It further stated that even with the ability to provide spatially resolved temperature resolution at a low cost; it might be surprising that printed temperature sensors are not already...

19th Oct 2021

Hexcel Corporation, a US-based leader in advanced composites technology, has reported a 16.3 per cent sales growth to $333.8 million in the third quarter (Q3) of FY21 ended on September 30, 2021, compared to the same period of previous fiscal. Operating income for the three-month period rose to $22.8 million over the loss of $37.6 million in Q3 FY20.

19th Oct 2021

Medtecs, the leading provider of PPE and hospital services from Taiwan, is displaying its three main PPE lines to prevent health-care associated infections (HAIs), at INDEX20, in booth Medtecs, 1225. The leading nonwovens exhibition, organised by European Disposables and Nonwovens Association (EDANA) in Geneva is a three-day event that starts today.